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<h1>This is the home of the Cygwin project</h1>
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  <h2>What...</h2>
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    <h2>...is it?</h2>
    <p>Cygwin is:</p>
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    <li>a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality
        similar to a
	<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution">Linux distribution</a>
	on Windows.</li>
    <li>a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which provides substantial POSIX API functionality.</li>
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    <h2>...isn't it?</h2>
    <p>Cygwin is not:</p>
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    <li>a way to run native Linux apps on Windows.  You must
    rebuild your application <em>from source</em> if you want it to run on Windows.</li>
    <li>a way to magically make native Windows apps aware of UNIX&reg;
    functionality like signals, ptys, etc.  Again, you need to build your apps <em>from source</em>
    if you want to take advantage of Cygwin functionality.</li>
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    The Cygwin DLL currently works with all recent, commercially released
    x86 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows, starting with Windows Vista.
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    <b>NOTE:</b> <u>The previous Cygwin version 2.5.2 was the last version
    supporting Windows XP and Server 2003.</u>
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  <p>For more information see the <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a>.</p>
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    <h2>Current Cygwin DLL version</h2>
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    The most recent version of the Cygwin DLL is
    <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-08/msg00114.html">2.6.0</a>.
    Install it by running <a href="setup-x86.exe">setup-x86.exe</a> (32-bit installation)
    or <a href="setup-x86_64.exe">setup-x86_64.exe</a> (64-bit installation).
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    Use the setup program to perform a <a href="install.html">fresh install</a>
    or to <a href="install.html">update</a> an existing installation.
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    Note that individual packages in the distribution are updated separately
    from the DLL so the Cygwin DLL version is not useful as a general Cygwin
    distribution release number.
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    <h2>Support for Cygwin</h2>
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  <p>
    For <b>all</b> Cygwin-related questions and observations, please
    check the resources available at this site, such as the
    <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a>, the
    <a href="cygwin-ug-net.html">User's Guide</a> and the
    <a href="lists.html">mailing list archives</a>.  If you've exhausted
    these resources then please send email to an
    <a href="lists.html"><b>appropriate mailing list</b></a>.
    This includes observations about web pages, setup
    questions, questions about where to find things, questions about why
    things are done a certain way, questions about the color preferences of
    Cygwin developers, questions about the meaning of the number 42, etc.
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    Please send notification of technical problems (bad html, broken
    links) concerning these web pages to
    <a href="lists.html#cygwin">the Cygwin mailing list</a>.
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  <p>
    Please <b>do not</b> send personal email with "quick questions" to
    individual Cygwin contributors.  The Cygwin mailing lists are the places
    for all questions.  Really.  I mean it.
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    <i>The Cygwin DLL and utilities are Copyright &copy; Cygwin authors.
    Other packages have other copyrights.</i>
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